War & Changing Times
A war fought between citizens or groups of people within the very same country.
What is a civil war?
Wood that has been logged and cut into boards to be used for building.
What is lumber?
People who move permanently from their home country to settle in another country.
What are immigrants?
The 16th President of the United States who delivered the famous Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
: Before the Civil War, this region's economy relied heavily on factories and industry.
What is the North?
To formally withdraw from or break away from a country, state, or group.
What is secede?
Man-made waterways dug across land to allow small boats and barges to travel and transport goods.
What are canals?
A massive company or group that has total control over a product and its price, leaving no competition.
What is a monopoly?
A heroic Civil War nurse who later went on to found the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
The powerful industrialist who built the world's largest, most modern steel factory of its time in Pittsburgh.
Who is Andrew Carneie?
A person who was actively in favor of stopping or ending slavery
What is an abolitionist?
A building or mill where grain, such as corn and wheat, is ground into flour.
What is a gristmill?
A major time in history when factories and machine-made goods began replacing items made by hand.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This brave woman escaped slavery and helped more than 300 other enslaved people escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Pennsylvania city became the "steel-producing capital of the world" because its steel was lighter and stronger than iron.
What is Pittsburgh?
A formal speech given to a large group of people, like Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
What is an address?
Soldiers who are trained to ride, scout, and fight on horseback.
What are cavalry
A broad group of workers who organize together to fight for better pay, shorter hours, and safer conditions.
What is a union?
The Union General who successfully led the Northern army to victory during the critical three-day Battle of Gettysburg.
Who is General George Meade?
The reason the battle happened in Gettysburg was because this many different roads led into the town
What is 10?
This secret network of hiding places, safe houses, and escape paths helped runaway slaves reach freedom.
What is the underground railroad?
A strong, heavy, canvas-topped vehicle built by the Pennsylvania Dutch to haul tons of goods over long distances.
What is the Conestoga Wagon?
A protest where workers belong to a labor group and agree to completely stop working until demands are met
What is a strike?
An abolitionist and women’s rights activist who helped organize the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society.
Who is Lucretia Mott?
This industrialist owned most of the Pennsylvania factories that produced coke, a fuel made from soft coal.
Who is Henry Clay Frick?